BNP Paribas Dividend yield

BNP Paribas is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. BNP Paribas is a company from France, and his stocks are publicly traded.

BNP Paribas paid a total dividend of 3,766 million EUR last year, for a market value of 49,232 millions (Market Cap 42,636 millions). Dividend per share of BNP Paribas is 3.02 EUR, and his stock market price 39.48 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, BNP Paribas has a dividend yield of 7.65%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from France. It is also bigger than average of Financials industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare BNP Paribas dividend yield with other Banks companies or firms from France.

BNP Paribas Dividend Payout

About the ability of BNP Paribas to maintain his current dividend of EUR 3.02 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.65%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). BNP Paribas payout on ernings is currently 49.75%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 40.41% and 45.44% respectively. Both figures show that BNP Paribas can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of BNP Paribas is EUR 30.37 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 3.02, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of BNP Paribas, compared againt world market average, France companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

BNP Paribas Stock performance

Finally, last moth BNP Paribas showed a return of -11.00% compared to a worldwide -5.60% average, and a -5.58% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -36.60% versus a worldwide performance of a -11.41%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for France and Banks firms.